Inspired by the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, the installation explores the many forms of child abuse prevalent in society.

The project began after Redwood started collecting discarded bed posts, chairs and table legs, often working with recycled materials.

"The inspiration came to make steeples, and at the time the royal commission into child abuse had started and I had the inspiration to try and create a platform so that people could talk about this," Redwood said.

The artworks feature stencilled excerpts from the commission proceedings.

"The public could talk about it, so then each of these steeples became a memorial to the people that had been abused."

A focus within Misplaced Trust is the many often undiscussed forms of child abuse, including verbal abuse and neglect.

"We tend to just think of abuse as being sexual or violent, but there's all this verbal abuse that goes on," she said.

While basing the exhibition on the symbol of the church, the concept of misplaced trust extends to other institutions within society as well as the family unit, where children remain vulnerable.

"The community is becoming more and more aware of the abuse, but I also wanted to make sure people realise that it's not just abuse by the church or institutions, that this goes on on a day-to-day basis within families, within schools. And myself, I've been abused for years by my parents, but it was always verbal abuse and I didn't even realise I'd been abused."

As a result, one side of the gallery is designed for the public to share their stories.

"There's all kinds of abuse and I'm trying to broaden the whole concept," Redwood said.